0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alexandra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained the dominant way to get around Alexandra, where every single home now owns at least one motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel for work, with over 71% of the workforce driving themselves.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in the area lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national rate of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 45.9% owning two vehicles and 13.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alexandra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 4 or more (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 9.9%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
9.9% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has 10.58 stops per 1,000 people—far above the Queensland average—the actual service is limited. There are only two bus stops, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.58
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
211.6
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is relatively quick, with a typical walk taking about 6 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30029/alexandra/topic/transport